Project Nicole, 2gb AWD Talon Spyder

[Doubleot]

Thanks for all your help Jason!

I really appreciate that bigbird I will let you know if I need any parts.

 

[Doubleot]

Got a little more work done this past week.

I went to visit a buddy at his work and his co worker and I were talking about this project and how I needed this bracket welded for the carrier bearing, He gave me a number for a guy that lives locally and does good work. I decided to text him see if he would want to come weld it and he agreed, He decided to tig weld it so it would look better, I'm beyond happy, He only charged me 35$ bucks and he tacked down the subframe bolts from the inside.

I'm going to go to the parts store and get some undercoating and spray this down with a couple of layers from both sides.

I got bored and cleaned the AWD gas tank I had acquired

Before

After

I also finished up the Manual swap including pedals and the clutch master and reservoir

Next I'll be dropping the subframe, cleaning it and laying down a black enamel to make it look semi clean then final bolt up for the tank and rear end will begin


Thanks for looking and I appreciate all the support!

 

[Blurred Talon]

Looking good Omar!

 

[Doubleot]

Thanks Anthony!

 

[Doubleot]

Came back to work and got a little more done. Got the bracket painted up and mounted the AWD gas tank as well as the fuel neck.

Also got advised by a good friend that has also done an AWD swap on his Gs-t that I should cut an access hole for the second sending unit incase that ever goes out, You wouldn't want to drop the whole rear end and tank to fix it. I didn't have access to the stock 2g AWD plate so I went to my local junk yard and pulled another main one off a fwd 2g and use that, looks pretty good IMO

Also decided to take out my seats and carpet and give everything a good deep clean, You can see my carpet had quite a few stains and it just looked gross

I cleaned and scrubbed the carpet with a lot of purple power, elbow grease, and my pressure washer. Turned out pretty nice if you ask me

I also cleaned up and wire wheeled my rear subframe and laid down some primer and gloss black rustoleum, I think it turned out pretty good, I forgot to take before pictures

Thanks for looking! Stay tuned for the next update!

 

[nickfromfortfun]

yay an update! great job on that rear subframe it looks awesome! i just got an awd talon donor car for my spyder and just dropped the rear end out of it tonight i hope i can make it as nice as yours!!!!

 

[NWHTanK]

Looking real good. Keep up the good work!

 

[SPYDERGSTTUNER]

Good work on cleaning the gas tank and getting the subframe all clean and painted, i did all that to mine when i did the swap as well as the prothane bushings wich was a pain in the ass specially to remove all the old worn out bushings

 

[Doubleot]

Thanks for the kind words guys!
I actually did end up installing energy suspension bushings on the rear knuckles while I was at it. Had a friend that works at a shop press them in for me, he said it was still a pain even with a press .

 

[Doubleot]

Small update, got a new filler hose installed along with a new vapor breather hose yesterday. Also with the help from my lovely wife, I bolted up the subframe and diff, looks good under there

Next, I'll be bolting up the knuckles and installing new shoes, hardware, rotors, brake pads etc

Thanks for looking!

 

[SPYDERGSTTUNER]

Good job that looks good under there, my girl helped me mount mine as well shes my loyal apprentice

 

[Doubleot]

So I'm at it again with a decent update

I couldn't stand to look at these rear quarter panels anymore

I'm not really sure why someone would do this but they did here's what the damage was after removing the panels and speakers (Sorry for the blurry picture)

Yes, those are 3" long wood screws and there were little wood blocks behind the speaker frame where the screw went into :/

I found the reason they decided to cut up the interior was because the aftermarket Kenwood speakers hard too large of a magnet to fit properly behind the cover, I decided to make a few calls and had luck that a local dsmr had some OEM infinity rear speakers sitting around (Thanks again Tyler B. )

I was very lucky to find a Spyder in a local junk yard that was barley even touched, So I grabbed the stock rear speaker covers (They were tan) and bought some interior vinyl and trim paint from the local parts store, They match the OEM covers PERFECTLY have a look for yourself

After I buttoned those up, I started working on a pair of front dual piston GSX calipers I picked up from a very generous dsmr from back east. This is what they looked like when I got them

I scrubbed them down with some purple power and elbow grease and they turned into this

Finally I picked up some Rustoleum flat black enamel and laid down a few generous coats to each bracket and caliper, They turned out pretty good If I do say so myself

I then proceed to install all my interior trim back into the vehicle (besides the center console) and gave everything a go around with the vacuum and some Meguiars leather cleaner

I'm not sure If I ever posted a picture of these OEM eclipse floor mats after I cleaned them but they turned out pretty nice, The stains you see weren't coming out after an hour of deep scrubbing so I left them alone.

Also, my birthday was earlier this month and my wife decided to get me a little something special she knew I would love

Andddd I did a little Christmas shopping for myself I've been looking for one of these since the day I bought my Spyder and finally found one so I couldn't pass it up, All the way from Virginia

That's all for this round, Next I'm going to be dis assembling my motor and giving it a good inspection to decide where to go with it

Stay Tuned!

 

[untouchablecc]

I love this build. I think I got a little turned on reading it haha. It just looks like a fun project.

 

[Doubleot]

Haha thanks man, I love doing stuff like this, I'd probably go crazy without having something to work on.

 

[nickfromfortfun]

yay an update!!! i love this build! i finally got all of my parts for my awd swap on my spyder but sadly only have sundays off to work on it so my swap will take a lot longer than yours but you keep me motivated!!!!

 

[Doubleot]

Thanks man I appreciate that!

 

[Insane20]

I love how clean this build looks, some people just throw stuff together but your going the extra mile and it looks great!

 

[coupe_nasty]

Any updates? i am loving this build thread. cant wait to see the final product!

 

[Doubleot]

The last update was like a week ago I'm not a robot.

I'll try and have something within a few days

 

[Albanator]

Loving the build bro! Nice job... I just completed my spyder AWD swap and see you are doing many of the same things I did... May I suggest putting a set of JL8w3s or a 10 behind the Xbrace while you have it out! I put 2 8w3s back there while I had access to it and it sounds fantastic! It really brings the low side out without to much boom boom boom. But whatever your into at least an 8 will bring a nice balence to our music even with the top down... Just make sure you have the top down while putting them in so you know what space your working with.

 

[Doubleot]

It's funny you mentioned that, I'm actually not a fan of subs or anything super impressive when it comes to audio, I feel like eventually I will get something nicer for those rear panel speakers and buy a nice touch screen double din stereo but that's probably where I'll be done with it. I feel like money can be placed into better places.

Small update, I felt like working on the car this weekend, so it was time to install the new calipers, rotors, and brake pads. I don't remember having this much trouble with rotors ever!
I was smacking the rotor as much as I could with my hammer and finally got the drivers side off, new components on and turned out nice

The passenger side was a whole different story :-\

I started out by removing the old caliper and installing the new one. Next I started wacking the rotor with my hammer, didn't budge this continued for about 40 minutes, using heat, pb blaster and my hammer. Finally I decided to take the knuckle off

After doing this I could feel considerable play in the wheel bearing so that now had to come out as well.

Rotor came off after more hard wacking

Then I un-bolted the wheel bearing and got that out

I cleaned up the surface where the bearing goes into the knuckle

I ordered the wheel bearing from rockauto best price I found on the one I wanted. So now I play the waiting game.

Thanks for looking

(I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!)

 

[Albanator]

Yeah I hear you when it comes to subs, but will say that even a nice set of JL audio 6x9s and 5 1/4s still was lacking in the low end rang. There is not enough enclosed space behind the front and rear speakers to produce a low end. The 8 put just enough low end in the sound to make it enjoyable to listen to with out being over powered by mids and highs..... Did you use the GSX calipers? I soda blasted my calipers to get them cleaned and then used VHT 2000deg block paint to finish them off. Came out very nice! Also along with a steam brush and some scrubbing with some steal wool to get the wheels well cleaned and toped it off with some truck roll in bed liner. Just make sure you don't get any on your struts.

 

[NWHTanK]

Yeah I found it best just to relpace the wheel bearings, they are old and probly dried up . I didn't want the rumble from dried up bearings.

 

[Doubleot]

Yes I used gsx calipers. I guess I'm just not a huge audio guy like you as long as I can hear music and it doesn't crack or pop I'm satisfied. Money can be spent on other goodies

Got off work a little early and did some test fitting and mounted the support brackets for the rear bumper

 

[IHeartMyHonda]

Pics of bumper brackets? Did you relocate the OEM ones or make new ones?